Project Coordinator - Payments Migration

Hybrid work environment, based in Bella Vista

Perm full-time role

Be at the heart of Core Modernisation (CoreMod), enabling critical payments migration activities to land safely and successfully

About the team

CoreMod is a multi-year program modernising the Reserve Bank of Australia’s core technology platforms to strengthen the resilience, security and sustainability of Australia’s critical payment and banking systems.

The Payments Migration (PayMi) Project Coordination role supports the delivery and governance of migration activities, ensuring strong coordination, visibility and delivery discipline across PayMi workstreams.

The role reports to the Project Lead, CoreMod, works closely with Project Managers, migration and transition teams, and sits within CoreMod’s Project Coordinator community. It plays a key role in enabling well-coordinated delivery, effective governance, and smooth execution of migration activities across the program.

About the role

Provide end-to-end meeting support, including agenda preparation, pack collation, capturing actions and decisions, and tracking follow-ups

Maintain governance artefacts including action logs, RAID logs and reporting inputs, ensuring they are accurate and up to date

Assist with Project Status Report (PSR) QA and broader governance reporting, ensuring inputs are timely, consistent and accurate

Provide day-to-day coordination support across PayMi workstreams, working closely with Project Managers

Support the maintenance of work plans, schedules and short-term planning activities using Jira and MS Project

Track actions, risks, issues, dependencies and deliverables, ensuring they are logged, updated and progressed in a timely manner

Support teams in maintaining clear ownership, visibility of next steps, and progress between forums

Maintain project repositories, document access controls and governance records

Provide light procurement support (e.g. raising POs and tracking approvals)

Support coordination of inputs across multiple stakeholders, particularly for time-critical activities

Contribute to improving coordination practices, governance processes and team ways of working, helping embed consistent delivery rhythms across PayMi

About you

You are a highly organised and dependable Project Coordinator who thrives in structured environments and takes pride in keeping workstreams running smoothly and efficiently.

You are comfortable working across multiple teams, supporting delivery in a fast-paced program, and ensuring that actions and commitments are followed through.

Experience & Skills

3–7+ years’ experience as a Project Coordinator or in a similar project support role

Experience working within large programs or transformation initiatives, ideally in Financial Services or payments

Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities

Hands-on experience using tools such as Jira and MS Project

Familiarity with governance processes, RAID logs and project reporting

Ways of Working

Structured and detail-oriented, with a focus on accuracy and consistency

Proactive in following up actions and ensuring work progresses between checkpoints

Comfortable engaging with a range of stakeholders to coordinate inputs and maintain momentum

Communicates clearly and confidently, both in writing and verbally

Willing to ask questions and raise when things are unclear or off track

Nice to have

Exposure to payments systems or migration programs

Experience supporting governance forums or senior stakeholder meetings

Familiarity with regulated or controlled environments

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

July 16, 2026

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